Claim: Roger Ailes Watched Female Talent Undress
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Roger Ailes has been in the ground 8 months, but that hasn't stopped the talk about what he did at Fox News.
Former Fox News Anchor Andrea Tantaros is now representing herself in an amended lawsuit and she claims that Ailes electronically surveilled and harassed her.
In a proposed amended complaint filed Monday, she includes new allegations, such as how Fox News had a closed-circuit television network that allowed its former chief Roger Ailes to monitor offices, including ones where most Fox female talent disrobed daily.
"There was also a bi-annual trunk show in the Spring and Fall conducted by Fox’s wardrobe department," states the amended complaint. "The trunk show was held in empty Fox offices and female talent was expected to disrobe down to their undergarments to try on new on-air dresses for the next season, without even the benefit of a curtain. The dresses were pre-selected for the women by the wardrobe department before their arrival; pants were not an option. Upon information and belief, Ailes was recording female employees disrobe without their consent in their offices and during the bi-annual trunk show."
In the last few months, Tantaros has been represented by new attorneys at Morgan Lewis, who were threatened by Fox News for participating in the case.
On Monday, Morgan Lewis attorney Christopher Parlo told the judge in a letter that the firm will no longer be Tantaros' counsel but is nevertheless assisting her in the transition to representing herself. Tantaros, now operating pro se, is seeking the judge's permission for an amended complaint.
As for Tantaros latest compliant, Fox News issued this statement:
“FOX News moved for sanctions against the lawyer who filed Andrea Tantaros’ original lawsuit and he has since withdrawn. None of the four lawyers currently representing Tantaros in the action signed her new complaint, which she purports to have written herself. Her outlandish claims lack any factual basis.”
